L.J.-Marie Bizeul, a Breton Archaeologist, 1861

Not on View

Medium

etching, engraving, and drypoint on wove paper

Dimensions

image: 12.2 × 10.5 cm (4 13/16 × 4 1/8 in.)
plate: 17.1 × 12 cm (6 3/4 × 4 3/4 in.)

sheet: 30.1 × 23.4 cm (11 7/8 × 9 3/16 in.)

Credit Line

Rosenwald Collection

Catalogue Raisonné

Schneiderman 1990, no. 79, State v/v

Accession Number

1943.3.6181

Artists / Makers

Charles Meryon (artist) French, 1821 - 1868

Abraham Beillet (printer) French, active 1850 - 1876

Image Use

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Inscription

"C.M. sculpt 1861." lower left margin, in plate, artist's hand. "Imp. Beillet Paris." lower right margin, in plate, artist's hand. "BIZEUL / (LOUIS: JACQUES: MARIE) / 1860" lower center margin, in plate. "75E ANNÉE DE SON AGE" upper center composition, in plate. Verso: none.

Marks and Labels

"LRJ" verso, black stamped ink, stamped twice, (Lugt 1760b). "National Gallery of Art" verso, black stamped ink, (Lugt 1932d).

Provenance

Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], Jenkintown, PA; gift to NGA, 1943.

Associated Names

Rosenwald, Lessing Julius

Bibliography

1924: Delteil, Loys and Harold J.L. Wright. Catalogue raisonne of the Etchings of Charles Meryon. New York: Winfred Porter Truesdell, 1924.

1990: Schneiderman, Richard S. The Catalogue Raisonne of the Prints by Charles Meryon. London: Garton & Co., 1990.